Alberta Leaves & Compensation
Minimum Wage
$15.00 per hour
Students ages 13-17: For work done during school breaks or first 28 hours per week of work done while not on break: $13 per hour; additional hours per week beyond 28 hours: $15 per hour.
Salespersons: $598 per week.
Domestics: $2,848 per month.
Overtime Pay
Time and a half (1.5 x the wage rate)
Daily Overtime – all hours worked over 8 hours a day
Weekly Overtime – All hours worked over 44 hours a week
Average Workers Comp Assessment Rate 2026
$1.46 per $100
Workers’ Comp Maximum Assessable/Insurable Earnings 2026
$110,900
3 days’ Bereavement Leave
5 days’ Personal and Family Responsibility Leave
10 days’ Domestic Violence Leave
½ day Citizenship Ceremony Leave
27 weeks’ Compassionate Care Leave to care for gravely ill family member
16 weeks’ Critical Illness Leave to care for critically ill adult family member
36 weeks’ Critical Illness Leave to care for critically ill child family member
52 weeks’ Child Disappearance Leave for crime-related disappearance of child
104 weeks’ Child Death Leave for crime-related death of child
16 weeks’ Long-Term Illness or Injury Leave
16 weeks’ Maternity Leave
62 weeks’ Parental Leave
Reservist Leave for as long as necessary for employee to perform military reservist duties
Sick days not provided for
Must work 1 full year before entitled to vacation time.
- 2 weeks with pay at 4% after each of the first 4 years of employment.
- 3 weeks with pay at 6% after 5 consecutive years of employment.
Statutory Holidays
| New Year’s Day | Victoria Day | Thanksgiving Day |
| Alberta Family Day | Canada Day | Remembrance Day |
| Good Friday | Labour Day | Christmas Day |
*Boxing day may be optional.
*Easter Monday is for government employees only.
If worked – time and a half plus average daily wages or alternate day plus regular pay
If not worked – average daily wages